Tucson Improv Movement: Improv Madness!

 

From: Tucson Improv Movement <justin@tucsonimprov.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 3:29 PM
Subject: 🛎️Yes and News - 2/27/25

 

Our company members, come up with something fun and put it all on the line for your vote! There have been so many amazing champions over the years, and this Saturday we start the process of determining another.  I hope you come and witness the magic, and put your vote down on your favorite team. The madness commences, and you, the audience, get the fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Shows

 

 

 

Friday Night

6:30 pm - Improv Jam
7:30 pm - The Soapbox w/Sarah T. Dubb
9:00 pm - The TIM Sketch Collective
 

Saturday Night

6:30 pm - Comedy Happy Hour
7:30 pm - harold Iota + Slumberparty Massacre
9:00 pm - Improv Madness
 

Sunday Matinee

2:00 pm - Improv 101 + 401 Showcase

 

 

 

 

Secure Your Seats at This Weekend's Shows!

 

 

 

Upcoming Classes

 

 

 

 

Improv Comedy 

101 - Thursday, March 27th w/Sara Alcazar Silva
201 - Tuesday, March 4th w/Sean Bottai
501 - Wednesday, March 5th w/Justin Lukasewicz

Stand Up Comedy 

101 - Sunday, April 6th w/Rory Monserat

Sketch Comedy 

2025 Classes Coming Soon!

 

 

 

 

Register for Class Now

 

 

 

 

Come try out improv in a fun safe environment at the Jam Friday at 6:30pm!  Then stay for the Soapbox for just $5!

 

 

 

 

Tucson Improv Movement

414 E 9th Street

Tucson, AZ 85705

 

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Unscrewed Theater: Jump On The Improv Train Now!

 

From: Unscrewed Theater <unscrewedtheater@18094679.mailchimpapp.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2025 12:48 AM
Subject: 😂🚋 Jump On The Improv Train Now!

 

 

 

 

Your Weekend Laughs Are Here!

 

 

 

"Make Me Laugh!," all-ages-appropriate Improv, and UNCENSORED Comedy!

 

FOUR shows this weekend:

• Friday, February 28th @ 7:30PM (MST): Family-Friendly Improv Funny with "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Tickets $5.00/kids & $10.00/adults. Live Stream tickets $10.00 per household.
• Friday, February 28th @ 9:00PM (MST): Make Me Laugh! UNCENSORED Improv Panel Game Show! All tickets $10.00 in person or live stream.
• Saturday, March 1st @ 7:30PM (MST): Family-Friendly Improv Funny with "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Tickets $5.00/kids & $10.00/adults. Live Stream tickets $10.00 per household.
• Saturday, March 1st @ 9:00PM (MST): The Backyard! Our Improv Playground. ADULTS ONLY! Admission: Pay what you will.

Enjoy all our shows LIVE & IN PERSON or LIVE STREAM from home!

 

Your Weekend Funny

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 2/28

7:30PM (MST)
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed

Family-Friendly Improv Comedy

In-Person Tickets: $5 Kids/$10 Adults
Live Stream Pass: $10 per household

 

 

 

The weekend is finally here, and we have the perfect show to start it off! "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" presents to you some laugh-out-loud funny Improv skits and games! The jokes will be all-ages-appropriate, so be sure to bring the whole family! Also, bring your best suggestions to participate in the show from your seat!

Cy Barlow will be hosting this show, and she'll be joined by Alan Trammel, Andy Ober, Jon Benda, Kate Morter, John Redding, and John Reimann!

Over 18 and want to see the 9:00pm UNCENSORED Make Me Laugh! show as well? Purchase a Laughing Pass and see both shows for just $15! (ADULTS ONLY!) 

 

 

 

Get Your Friday Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 2/28

9:00PM (MST)
UNCENSORED COMEDY
"Make Me Laugh!"

In-Person & Live Stream Tickets: $10.00
Adults Only!

 

 

 

The Judge Requests Your Attendance for an Evening of Improv Hijinks!

Three comedians will compete, but only one will come out on top! Join us for this hilarious Improvised game show and see performers compete and try to impress The Judge in a series of Improv contests! The winner will be crowned Dominus Inparatus! Someone in the audience may also win a prize...so get your online or in-person tickets now!

 

 

 

Get Your "Make Me Laugh" Tickets Here!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 3/1

7:30PM (MST)
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed

Family-Friendly Improv Comedy

In-Person Tickets: $5 Kids/$10 Adults
Live Stream Pass: $10 per household

 

 

 

We're bringing you some more laughs on Saturday night! Join us for a night of Improvised skits and games brought to you courtesy of "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Bring your best suggestions to be a part of the show!

Mike Pierce will be hosting this show and will be joined by Alan Trammel, Andy Ober, Jon Benda, Chris Seidman, Cy Barlow, and Rob Sparks!

 

 

 

Get Your Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 3/1

9:00PM (MST)

 

Our Improv Playground! 
ADULTS ONLY!
 

Admission: Pay What You Will
 

 

 

 

 

You're invited to "The Backyard," our ADULTS-ONLY Improv playground! You can support the newest performers and comedy teams as they take the stage and strut their stuff! Best of all... this show is pay-what-you-want! Don't miss out on this night of hysterical, UNCENSORED laughs!

Want to perform in "The Backyard"? You can do that too! Click the link below to get more information.

 

 

 

Get Your Livestream Backyard Tickets Here!

 

 

I Want to Perform in the Backyard!

 

 

Unscrewed Theater

4500 E Speedway Blvd

Tucson, AZ 85712

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AT THE GASLIGHT THEATRE "CRONAN THE BARBARIAN" BRINGS A DIFFERENT KIND OF GLADIATOR TO THE POPCORN IN THIS ARENA

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

photo by Brian Gawne

Queen Vultura (Heather Stricker) drips with evil, plotting to defeat Cronan and all those who fight for freedom.

Meanwhile at the Gaslight Theatre, where Queen Vultura (Heather Stricker) wants to rule the world, tempers are boiling over a different sort of moment in history.

Eschewing any interest in real world politics, Gaslight's co-directors Mike Yarema and Kathryn Byrnes are taking us to mythical times reminiscent of the Roman Empire, albeit with dragons, centaurs and a pair of sword-swinging female heroes who intend to set the world right by thwarting the evil intentions of Vultura. Her dark superpowers are also enhanced by a magic mirror on the wall.

We are talking “Cronan the Barbarian,” a Gaslight tale originally written by Peter VanSlyke. Should you notice any similarities to that Hollywood gladiator with muscular excellence, “Conan the Barbarian,” those details are purely coincidental.

Towering Todd Thompson plays the freedom-loving Cronan, whose accent does bear a striking resemblance to early Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Hear me now and understand me later.” )

Vultura matches Cronan's perspiration of intensity drop for perspiration drop, adding peals of the most wicked laughter this side of “The Wizard of Oz.”

Vultura's slinky blackhearted dreams of lustful power will call for some heavy metal sword slinging, mendacious moments of confounding sorcery, sneering dragons with the most caustic breath, vaudeville jokes worthy of the Catskills and that mirror of reflective powers.

Nor is there a shortage of henchpersons on the relentless Queen's sinister side, led by General Ataxia (Jake Chapman) and joined by the aptly named Reptilius (Charlie Hall).

Adding spirit and virtue to Cronan's bold stand is the pure of heart Princess Persephone (Janee Page), getting a prestidigitous boost from the equally worthy Soothsayer (Taylor Thomas).

As for the traditional aftershow olio the Gaslight gang takes us to meet Dolly Parton and some of her friends. There is Kenny Rogers, of course, Tanya Tucker, Dolly's trio singing with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, followed at a distance by Homer and Jethro.

“Cronan the Barbarian” runs through March 30, with performances at various times, Tuesdays through Sundays in the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway. Tickets are $28 plus tax, with several discounts available. Check at the box office, phone 520-886-9428, or go online at www.thegaslighttheatre.com

 

CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVER REPLACE THE PRESENCE OF ONE'S OWN FAMILY MEMBERS? THE ROGUE THEATRE SAYS "YES"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo by Tim Fuller

From left, Marjorie (Cynthia Meier), Tess (Carley Elizabeth Preston), Walter (Ryan Parker Knox) and Jon (Matt Walley).

 

While Artificial Intelligence leads the list of buzz words dominating today's media, The Rogue Theatre dives straight into the deep end of the pool with “Marjorie Prime,” a demanding study on how much artificial reality it can take to hold an actual family together.

Set in the somewhat near future of 2065 or so, exhausted Marjorie (Cynthia Meier) at age 85 feels helpless to slow down the ease with which her mind is slipping away.

Spending her days tossed back and forth between frustrating surges of anger and fright, she finds little comfort in the “look-alike robot” that science has provided her – an animatronic version of her late husband Walter (Ryan Parker Knox) at about age 30, captured in the prime of his life.

Sounding and looking exactly like Walter, the figure has also been programmed to know many facts about the man's life. But while Walter can sound like he is “remembering” moments from his past, he recalls none of Walter's feelings. Science, alas, hasn't figured out how to give the machine any emotions.

On the other hand, Walter is never angry.

Providing the counterpoint in ire is Marjorie, who has no shortage of emotion based on the shrinking size of her memory. Anger is one thing she can always depend on...and she does.

But even when Marjorie is tempted to care about this high-tech version of Walter, she knows he isn't real. It also worries her that the fake Walter can remember more about her late husband's life than she can.

As a theatrical performance, the probing conversations between turbulent Marjorie and imitation Walter are brilliantly performed. Both find the true core of their characters. Within these struggles, truth takes a battering, too slippery to ever be held still for long.

Playwright Jordan Harrison has constructed “Marjorie Prime” so cleverly, and director Christopher Johnson puts so much attention to the most subtle details, we come away believing reality without a baseline can indeed exist in many shades of one's imagination.

Completing the cast are Carley Elizabeth Preston and Matt Walley as Marjorie's tense daughter Tess and her goodhearted husband Jon. Tess is equally as mercurial as her mom in abrupt mood shifts. Slipping into middle age herself, Tess faces her own dystopian dead end, forced to admit she never had a warm relationship with her mother.

Every conversation between Tess and Marjorie ends in a bickering, sputtering argument as resentment bubbles over. For both women, family life exists more in their heads than in their hearts. In one series of short bursts, Preston brilliantly leaps from crisis conclusion to crisis combustion.

We in the audience are left to ponder, does it really matter what happened in the past? Or does what we remember become more important than what actually did happen?

“Marjorie Prime” continues through March 16, with performances at various times Fridays-Sundays in The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University Blvd. Run time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $47. For details and reservations, visit www.theroguetheatre.com or phone 520-551-2053.

 

The Invisible Theatre presents TEVYE IN NEW YORK

 

From: Invisible Theatre < betsy@invisibletheatre.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 9:44 PM
Subject: NOT -TO-BE-MISSED!

 

 

The Invisible Theatre presents

 

 

 

 

 

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY! 

Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM 

Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM 

 

Made possible in part Through the Generous Support of 

The Elizabeth and Milton Kahn Philanthropic Fund

 

 

 

 

TEVYE IN NEW YORK

Written and Starring Tom Dugan

 

TEVYE IN NEW YORK picks up where the original stories left off. Follow Tevye as he fights for his piece of the American dreamin the crowded streets of Manhattan's lower East Side in 1914. Tevye's humor takes us through high tech advances like automobiles, electricity and the most curious contraption of all, the telephone! Tevye In New York! is a tale filled with laughter, heartbreak, and joy as Tevye the irrepressible dairyman tries to balance tradition with what it means to be an American Jew.

"A Magical Fable… Movingly Rendered." – Los Angeles Times

 

 

 

 

Must See!

Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM 

Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM 

The Berger Performing Arts Center

1200 West Speedway

$47

ALL SEATS RESERVED!

This performance is included in the season subscription.



520-882-9721

ONLINE TICKETING

 

 

 

 

Tom Dugan

2025 "Goldie" Award Recipient

 

"The Goldie" was established in 1988 as a way to pay tribute to Goldie Klein, mother of IT's Managing Artistic Director - Emeritus, Susan Claassen. Every year a guest artist at the Invisible Theatre is selected. The selection is based upon artistry, compassion and commitment to making the world a more loving and accepting place. Past recipients have included such illustrious artists as Ann Hampton Callaway, Steve Ross, Rain Pryor, Norma Jean Darden, Jeffrey Haskell, Judy Gold, Stuart Moulton, Amanda McBroom, Lynn Redgrave, Valarie Pettiford, Lucie Arnaz, Kathleen Clark, Camerone Parker, and Emily Mann.

 

 

Coming Soon!

 

 

 

 

March 15 and 16, 2025

2 PM

The Invisible Theatre

1400 North First Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719g!"

 

 

 

TRUTH by Marilyn Harris Kriegel

 

This is the final offering in The Invisible Theatre's Women's Voices play reading series, made possible in part through the generous support of Dr. Bella Eibensteiner, produced and directed by Fred Rodriguez and Susan Claassen. 

 

TRUTH, starring Maedell Dixon*, Susie Cookie Baker, Eric Anson, Joe L. Smith and Hannah Turner, is a fast-paced suspenseful drama. It takes place in Paris in the first decade of the 21st century when the United States, shocked by 9/11 struggles to protect itself from further attack. It is in this context that fiction writer and former activist Maggie Leeds arrives in Paris, jet lagged and disoriented, from a long flight, to visit to her son and his wife. It's entirely unclear from the shreds of her bizarre travel tale whether she is just a muddled, confused woman, a national security risk or something far darker. Andrew, her adult, expatriate son, blocks any attempts at opening the door to her confusion while his intrepid French wife, Martine, risks her marriage and her Mother-in-law's safety to discover "la verite", the truth. 

*Ms. Dixon performs through the courtesy of Actors' Equity

 

$25

Discounts available for Invisible Theatre subscribers,

seniors, students and military.

 

Please call 520-882-9721 for information and reservations. 

Tickets are also available 24/7

ONLINE TICKETING

 

Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express are accepted.

 

90 minutes with no intermission 

AGE RECOMMENDATION: High School PG

 

 

Invisible Theatre | 1400 North First Avenue | Tucson, AZ 85719 US

 

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Old Pueblo Playwrights weekly meeting 2-24-25

 

From: David Zinke <dzinkmeister@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 4:38 AM
Subject: Reminder/Invitation to attend OPP weekly meeting 2-24-25

 

Old Pueblo Playwrights cordially invite you to attend their weekly Zoom meeting tomorrow, Monday, February 24, 2025 beginning at 7pm. 

This will be a Zoom only meeting. No in person option exists for this meeting. The link ro our dedicated zoom room is posted below COMING ATTRACTIONS

 

FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: ADRIAN CORY

 

"Moonstruck" (reprise) by Adrian Cory  (10 min)  SCRIPT ATTACHED

Cast: 

Fran Keogh - PATRICIA  

David Youngerman - RICHARD

Dennis O'Dell - PAUL

Jeff Webster - Facilitator 

ALSO  General business discussion.  "Let's abolish the no                        rewriting rule"  or not?

MAR   3 HYBRID "His Father's Son" by Zink  (4th read) Vote TBT

            CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

                   Young Aaron - BRANDON JOULE                                       young LYDIA WALKER - MEAGAN JONES

                   JUDITH FIELDING - SYDNEY FLYNN                                    SUE WABASH - LIISA ROSE                                           AARON SMITH - ERIC EVERTS                                         HARRY HASKINS-SMITH – DAVID GUNTHER 

                   Bucky/Mark Walker - Brandon Joule

                   GARY THE DOORMAN/ Facilitator Scott Berg

                   STAGE DIRECTIONS – MILES CHANDLER

MAR      10   ZOOM  OPEN

MAR      17   HYBRID   "Do Not Feed The Troll" by Adrian Cory  (60 min)

PATRICIA - Fran Keogh   

RICHARD - David Youngerman  

PAUL - Dennis O'Dell  

Facilitator – Jeff Webster

 

MAR      24  ZOOM OPEN

MAR      31  ZOOM OPEN

APR          7  HYBRID  "Cecelia's Plight" by Mel Hector (full length play)

APR        10  ZOOM OPEN

APR        17 HYBRID "Lone Star" by Mel Hector (full length play)

 

O.P.P. ZOOM MEETING ETIQUETTE   ENABLE AUDIO AND VIDEO TO PARTICIPATE IN OPENING GREETING SECTION Of MEETING.TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO AND AUDIO WHILE A READING IS IN PROGRESS  (ONLY THE ACTORS SHOULD BE HEARD AND SEEN DURING A READING) TURN ON YOUR VIDEO AND AUDIO TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS AFTER EACH READING.

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.Regarding our ZOOM calls - you may find it easier to have ZOOM downloaded on your computer OR your phone. It is a free application. [GO TO http://www.ZOOM.US TO ACQUIRE THE PROGRAM] 

 

EVERY Monday, we will again present a "regular" OPP meeting via ZOOM. Here are the instruction of how to tune in.  NOTE: THIS IS UNLIMITED TIME USE. The link is the same every week.

Melvin Hector is Treasurer and host of Old Pueblo Playwrights meetings.  

Melvin Hector is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

MEL HECTORS PHONE  (520)488-9229

   just click on the link below.

 

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87825748620?pwd=MThna0VHWjBkYVBiUEpXWWJ3bno5Zz09

 

Meeting ID: 878 2574 8620

Passcode: 544241

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Old Pueblo Playwrights Reminder/Invitations are sent to nearly 200 individuals including all paid members, (34) actor/readers (64) and general mailing list (110) plus one-time invitees. 

 

Your OPP Secretary,

ZINK aka David Zinke

Be Good To You

                                               

 

 

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Invisible Theatre: General Auditions for 2025-2026 Season

 

Invisible Theatre Announces General Auditions for 2025-2026 Season

Click here to sign up.

Auditions will be held on Saturday, March 29, 9 am-5 pm at Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Avenue at Drachman.  Please prepare two contrasting 2-3 minute monologues from contemporary theatrical literature or one monologue and one song showcasing your range. Bring your own music - a bluetooth speaker will be available. 

We are casting for main stage and special event productions from August 2025-May 2026.  Please email your headshot, resume and season conflicts to linda@invisibletheatre.com.  Ages 18-Timeless are welcome to audition. All positions are paid. Final play selections for the 2025-2026 season will be announced soon.

If you have been cast at Invisible Theatre in the last two years, you DO NOT need to audition but please send an email with your interest and availability.  You will invited to callbacks.  IT values diversity and embraces those with differences in religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Call Linda Pierce (Production Stage Manager) at 520-884-0672 with questions. Please review the available slots below and click here to sign up. Thank you!

 

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